[DAWN] Pakistani military leaders say they have been taken aback by the level of aggression of Indian forces over the last week.

At a time when the Pakistan army is combating militants in the tribal areas they do not want the distraction of battling India on its eastern flank, they said.

India is deliberately putting pressure on Pakistani security forces by opening this new front, said a senior Pakistani military official posted on the border. The message from India is clear: We will teach you a lesson.

Indians in the border areas of held Kashmir said they themselves had noticed a change in tactics by the Indian forces.

Pakistan fires one, our boys fire six back, said Atma Ram, 71, who was standing about 300 metres from the electrified fence that separates the two countries in the Suchetgarh area near Jammu.